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– BBC journalist questioned by US border agents, devices searched (Demo)

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By HRNJ-Uganda International Media News February 2, 2017

Ali Hamedani, a reporter for BBC World Service, told CPJ that border agents detained him at Chicago O'Hare airport for over two hours and questioned him when he arrived in the U.S. on January 29 to interview a Persian singer.
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